Issue - meetings

To receive the current work plan for the Environment PDG.

Members to discuss previous items added to the work plan and agree on how the PDG wishes to investigate the subject.

Members to agree and discuss additional items that they would like added to the work plan.

The Group had before it the *Work Plan.

The Group agreed that the following item could be removed from the work plan:

·         Fly Tipping by the MDDC Grounds Maintenance Teams

The Group agreed the following:

·         Electricity Distribution Network capacity for increased renewable energy – A report to be brought to the January meeting by the Climate & Sustainability Specialist giving details of the current and future capacity of the electricity network to support various initiatives such as increased electric vehicle charging and installation of heat source pumps

·         Recycling Issues – A report to be brought to the January meeting by the Operations Manager for Street Scene and Open Spaces providing details of what can currently be recycled, current recycling points, costs of providing more recycling teams to accommodate collections of pots and pans and what other authorities were able to recycle that MDDC could not and reasons for this

·         Sustainable Farming – A report to be brought to the January meeting by the Climate & Sustainability Specialist providing general research. (The role of sustainable farming and land use in Mid Devon. Examine the potential to learn from, and connect with, what has been done thus far on sustainable farming in Devon by existing and recent networks, studies and trials (e.g. ELMS pilot schemes).

Note: *Plan previously circulated and attached to the minutes.